Fulton County v. Wheaton’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
May 2009
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miree v. United States · City of Columbus, Ga. v. Myszka · DeKalb County v. McFarland · Wilmoth v. Henry County · Lewis v. DeKalb County
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[L]iability of a municipality cannot arise solely from its approval of construction projects.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.